Chapter 101, 11 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The terrible calamity!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
ما القارعة
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the striking (Hour)?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
فهو في عيشة راضية
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
وأما من خفت موازينه
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
فأمه هاوية
His abode shall be the abyss.
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what will make you know what it is?
And what will make you know what it is?
نار حامية
A burning fire.
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!